As I sat in my living room and witnessed Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump enter into the sanctuary of the Great Faith Ministries International and presented himself as one who expressed concern for the plight of many black Americans. After his well-received speech, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson then produced the Hebrew prayer shawl—the tallit—and told Mr. Trump (and America) its historical and spiritual significance.

Some may describe the moment as an atmosphere filled with electricity, but those who know and understand, recognize that the moment was filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit. One thing was certain: the Reuters News cameraman was ordered to cut the live feed. My suspicion was aroused when at that very moment the coverage on FOX News was interrupted and a reporter appeared in a vain attempt to explain that Bishop Jackson was presenting Mr. Trump with a “prayer rug.”

I immediately turned my TV to the MSNBC channel and was just as disappointed. Neither ABC, NBC, CBS and not even C-SPAN were continuing (if they ever started) the coverage at the point whether the bishop and his ministerial staff would pray for Mr. Trump and/or anoint him with oil. In either case, the moment was a highly spiritual one! The predominantly-black congregation was cheering, praising God and expressed voices of approval during the entire event. FULL POST

As most of us know, it was merely a matter of time for the race-cultists come after Pastor Darrell Scott with scathing attacks of name-calling and denigration because he has voiced his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump. Hell’s hounds have jumped his trail, and are now determined to sink their jagged teeth into his flesh and drag his beaten and bloodied body back to the plantation of dependent mediocrity. But before we give our silent nods of approval, let us take a serious look at what or who Uncle Tom was.

Uncle Tom was the primary character in the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin written by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was the heroic figure who drew on our emotions practically every time he presented himself—an old black slave who himself lived a hopeless life for himself, but was able to create hope in the minds and hearts of the poor slaves he came into contact with. It did not take long for the reader to realize that Stowe created Tom’s character to be the Christ figure, a person that most of his detractors could not figure out. FULL POST

Darwin's Theory of Evolution that supported racial supremacy also gave meaning to the Confederate flag.

Since the terribly tragic murders of the nine members at the Emmanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina there has been a rising crescendo of voices demanding the expulsion of the Confederate flag from public view and display.

In other words, Darwin’s position gave justification for the modern world’s monsters like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse Dung, and even Fidel Castro to murder over 100 million people. But before any of them came into power, Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life (1959) had laid a foundation for what many people believed was also applicable to humanity:

“In the distant future, I see open fields of far more important research where psychology will be based on a new foundation that of the necessary requirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation… life will be shown in the origin of man in his history.”

Although On the Origin of Species… did not place man directly into the picture at that time, the implications were throughout. Darwin explained variations and adaptations in animals and plants while subtly pointing back to a common point of origin. He drew conclusions based upon what was considered logic and reasoning while emphasizing that these changes were all processes of natural occurrences over hundreds of millions of years without the intervention of an Intelligent Being. FULL POST

1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? (Psalm 137:1-4)

When the Israelites found themselves in captivity in Babylon, their hearts were broken because of their longing to be home—in an environment and culture that allowed them to be safe, productive and prosperous. Their obedience resulted in God’s blessings. It was only then did they remember how good things were for them, and the generous provisions their God had provided them for more than a thousand years. It was ultimately their disobedience that caused them to be conquered and then taken away to a land that was strange and alien to their ways. They became powerless and despondent, subject to the rule of the Babylonians. Poverty, sickness, broken homes and families, education and training in the ways of the Babylonian gods instead of the one, true God YAWYEH led to their spiritual degradation, and that decline led to social and cultural decay. Living in the strange land brought to the Israelites much pain and little hope. Does this suggest a similarity? FULL POST

For the Body of Christ, do we not have the same Father who created us in His own image? Have we not all confessed the same Savior and live by that profession of faith? Do we not feed spiritually from the same Bible as the source for living and for life itself; and though diverse do we still not cherish the many and various versions of the inspired Word of God? Do not even the many and various versions of the Holy Book still lead us to the same essential truths! The same holy blood that was shed at Calvary for one, is it not the same blood shed for all? On the most part, we assemble ourselves together on the same day, and for the most part for that same and very sacred moment, seeking the opportunity for those intimate and personal as well as corporate moments of praise and worship to our God! Do we not sing basically the same songs of worship and praise? Do we not all hold to the truth that there is one Lord, one Faith and one Baptism! If these things are a resounding “YES” to all, then why are we so at-odds over some of the most basic and fundamental teachings that the Bible offers?

We observe and practice the Holy Communion, though globally-dispersed, we all obediently and willfully succumb to the quiet, peaceful request of Christ himself, “This do in remembrance of me!” Yes, we are all our father’s children, and are eager to “Let or lights so shine!” Do we all not rejoice and express and shed tears of gratitude for the perfect work of Christ in our own wretched lives, spiritually transfused to us through the first sinner Adam, but transformed within us a new nature by the second Adam, Jesus? Are we not filled and guided by the same Holy Spirit, whose indwelling presence brings us all into the spirit of unity, brotherhood and fellowship? He is that presence we may not hear during the heat of battle, but certainly audible in the quite of the night as we lie in the bed of reflection of our day’s events. Do we not share that same presence? Most importantly, do we all not express in some shape, form or fashion our devotion and undying love for our Savior Jesus, the Anointed One of God? If so, then why does it seem that we and God’s word are so often in opposition? FULL POST

The Rev. William Barber III, who also serves as president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has attacked South Carolina's U.S. Senator Tim Scott by calling him a "ventriloquist dummy" because he is a conservative Republican.

The Reverend William Barber II, president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, has recently vilified South Carolina’s Senator Tim Scott as being merely a ventriloquist’s dummy because he is black and does not meet the aspirations of the organization. Rev. Barber snipe at Sen. Scott as other black conservatives is not original.

“A ventriloquist can always find a good dummy… the extreme right wing down here finds a black guy to be a senator and claims he’s the first black senator since reconstruction and then he goes to Washington, D.C. and articulates the agenda of the TEA Party.”

But let us take a serious look into who is actually repeating what has been spoken before. Rev. Barber himself did not utter an original thought when he attacked Sen. Scott and black conservatives. If we would go back to the July 9, 2005 speech at the NAACP National Convention, then board chairman Julian Bond said this in criticizing black conservatives:

They've [enemies of justice and fair play] had a collection of black hustlers and hucksters on their payrolls for more than twenty years, promoting them as a new generation of black leaders. They can't deal with the leaders we choose for ourselves? So they manufacture, promote and hire new ones… like ventriloquists' dummies, they speak in their puppet master's voice, but we can see his lips move and we can hear his money talk.[i] FULL POST

Charles Darwin's Origin of Species was written to provide a "scientific" means for justifying the racial inferiority of blacks and superiority of the white race.

I cannot and never will be able to accept Darwinism because as a black man who understands why Charles Darwin wrote “The Origin of Species…” in the first place and the basic nature of the arguments that stem from the discussions. In fact, the actual title of this book continues with “… By Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life.” The truth is that Darwin wrote this book and the subsequent book The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex as a means to explain through a biological format why black people in particular could and should be maintained as slaves. What does “Favored Races” mean? The term race refers only to humans, and there have been no voices in any of the hearings that I am aware of who have pressed this point. FULL POST

Billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have created the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" that is supposed to be dedicated towards giving to charitable organizations that seek to improve the condition of humanity. Is this effort from a Biblical perspective or man's?

As we continue to endure the tumultuous ebb and flow of our economy and listen to the arguments over whose moral duty it is to “promote the general welfare,” there has arisen a movement that surpasses the desires of the most generous of benefactors the world has ever known—the billionaire club’s move to leave the greater part of their wealth to charitable organizations instead of their children. Over 100 of the world’s most wealthiest individuals and families have signed “The Giving Pledge” which dedicates the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.

Several articles have been written about billionaires who are planning to commit to this effort, and it would be interesting to consider the impact they could make upon the world. One article, "15 Tycoons Who Won't Leave Their Fortunes to Their Kids" gives a spectrum of various opinions why. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and wife Melinda are leading a movement to convince the world’s wealthiest to leave their fortunes to highly-selective charities and organizations by taking this pledge in the form of a signed document. In light of this monumental trend, several things come to mind. FULL POST

Apostle Paul’s persuasive argument in warning to Timothy about the perilous allure of money—even if the church leader believed he was totally devoted to Christ and the church itself—the true motivation still could be rooted in it. In the case of our current immigration debate, one has every right to be somewhat suspicious of why there has been an influx of pastoral leaders across the nation. Recent statements and activities from a portion of them seem shallow and uncompassionate, as clear messages of economic prosperity and political gain overshadow any notion of caring for ay people the way Christ expects us to? FULL POST

Helping Black People Break Free of the Racial Bondage Through Establishing Relationships

Louisiana state senator Elbert Guillory recently made a drastic political change by leaving what he called the Democratic Party plantation and joining the Republican Party. He realized that the Party did not reflect his Christian beliefs.

Through the analysis of the factors that affect much of the way many within the black community may believe, the task at hand is to seek solutions to the problems that plague it. The ultimate goal is to bring the individual to the point of self-realization—recognizing through one’s own essence something of great significance—in this case that the world is not the way one has been led to believe.

When Louisiana State Senator Elbert Lee Guillory made his courageous switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, it was much more than a political event. It was about a man who finally realized that he had spent much of his life thinking and believing in an ideology that was in radical conflict with his beliefs and principles. Sen. Guillory had been delivered from the bondage of the race-cult mentality! Even greater news tells that many other blacks in particular are beginning to see that they have been purposefully misled and even lied to in order for one political party to have and maintain power!

The way one perceives his or her world and environment has great impact upon how they will live their lives and interact with others. So, in order to overcome the drawbacks of the race-cult mentality, what is the remedy? Is there a process? FULL POST